 Ramses Station, Al-Qahira (Arabic for Cairo) |
 The French-built Turbotrain on arrival at Ramses Station in just over 2 hours from Alexandria |
 Turbotrain, Ramses Station |
 Ramses Station, Cairo |
 Cairo license plate |
 Cairo Marriott Hotel, Gezira |
 Marriott Hotel, Gezira, on the island in the Nile opposite downtown |
 Cairo Marriott Hotel, Gezira |
 Cairo Marriott Hotel, Gezira |
 Cairo Marriott Hotel, Gezira |
 Cairo Marriott Hotel, Gezira |
 Cairo Marriott Hotel, Gezira |
 Impressive roof at the Marriott's bar |
 Cairo Marriott Hotel, Gezira |
 Cairo Marriott Hotel, Gezira |
 Roy's Country Kitchen |
 Roy's Country Kitchen, Marriott Hotel, Anywhere USA |
 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 |
 The Queen Boat, docked opposite the Marriott Hotel |
 Downtown along the Nile opposite Gezira |
 Downtown Cairo |
 Ramses Hilton |
 Al Saraya docked along the Nile |
 Minaret on the Gezira side of the 6th of October Bridge |
 Mosque on the Gezira side of the 6th of October Bridge |
 Suez Canal Bank |
 Zamalek and Saray El Gezira Street |
 Nile City, restaurant boat moored opposite Tahrir Square includes a Chilis |
 Cairo Tower |
 Ramses Hilton from Tahrir Bridge |
 View from the 6th of October Bridge |
 Street sign, Downtown Cairo |
 Hakoumah, Egyptian government license plate |
 Midan Abdel Moniem Riad |
 Midan Abdel Moniem Riad |
 Sharia Ramses next to the Egyptian Museum |
 Al-Sharq Insurance, Tahrir Square |
 Al-Sharq Insurance, Tahrir Square |
 Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo |
 Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo |
 Tahrir Square, Downtown Cairo |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Granite Sphinx of Thutmosis III from Karnak, Egyptian Museum |
 Sphinx of Thutmosis III, Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum - no photos allowed inside anymore |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Sphinx, Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Colossus, Egyptian Museum |
 Colossus, Egyptian Museum and the Nile Hilton |
 Obelisk of Ramses II fragment from Tanis, Egyptian Museum |
 Obelisk of Ramses II fragment from Tanis, Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Sekhmet, the lion headed goddess |
 Sekhmet, the lion headed goddess |
 Egyptian Museum |
 Obelisk fragment, Egyptian Museum |
 Abdeen Palace, the former royal residence, 1863 |
 American University in Cairo |
 A very old looking building, Islamic Cairo |
 Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo Citadel |
 Bab al-Azab, Cairo Citadel |
 Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo Citadel |
 Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo Citadel |
 Bab al-Azab and Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo Citadel |
 Bab al-Azab and Mosque of Mohammed Ali, Cairo Citadel |
 Many people in Cairo are friendly |
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 Midan Salah ad-Din |
 Midan Salah ad-Din |
 Minarets of the Mosques of Sultan Hassan and Ar-Rifai |
 Minarets of the Mosques of Sultan Hassan and Ar-Rifai |
 Mosque of Ar-Rifai, 1867 |
 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, 1356 |
 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, 1356 |
 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, 1356 |
 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, 1356 |
 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan and the Citadel |
 El Sultan Hasan Street, Islamic Cairo |
 Mosque of Mohammed Ali at the Citadel between Sultan Hassan and Ar-Rifai |
 Mosque of Ar-Rifai, 1867 |
 President Mubarak behind the Mosque of Ar-Rifai |
 Orange vendor's donkey cart, Nabweia Street |
 Roy losing control of a donkey cart going down a slope |
 Local kitchen, Nabweia Street...not quite sure what they're making...couuld be kushari |
 Egyptian baker, Nabweia Street, Islamic Cairo |
 Mosque of Nabweia Street |
 Mosque of Nabweia Street |
 President Mubarak's reelection posters |
 Pigeon is an Egyptian delicacy |
 Preparations for a wedding celebration? Islamic Cairo |
 Preparations for a wedding celebration? Islamic Cairo |
 Preparations for a wedding celebration? Islamic Cairo |
 Local boys |
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 Garbage piled up next to the Mosque of Al-Maridani |
 Cat on top of the garbage heap |
 Chareh El-Tabbanah |
 Sharia At-Tabana, Islamic Cairo |
 More friendly guys, Islamic Cairo |
 Minarets of the Mosque of Al-My'ayyad, Bab Zuweila |
 Minarets of the Mosque of Al-My'ayyad, Bab Zuweila |
 Minarets of the Mosque of Al-My'ayyad, Bab Zuweila |
 Minarets of the Mosque of Al-My'ayyad, Bab Zuweila |
 Minarets of the Mosque of Al-My'ayyad, Bab Zuweila |
 Bab Zuweila, the 10th Century southern gate to medieval Cairo |
 Egyptian cotton, Al-Muizz li-Din Allah |
 Sharia Al-Muizz li-Din Allah |
 Mausoleum of Al-Ghouri, 1505 |
 Sharia Al-Muizz li-Din Allah |
 Shop off Sharia Al-Muizz li-Din Allah |
 Mosque-Madrassa of Al-Ghouri, Sharia al-Azhar |
 Sharia Al-Muizz li-Din Allah |
 King Solomon Bazaar, Khan al-Khalili |
 King Solomon Bazaar, Khan al-Khalili |
 Mosaic hunting scene, Khan al-Khalili |
 Mosaic fishing scene, Khan al-Khalili |
 A little kitty that looks just like Tinker |
 Medieval gate, Khan al-Khalili |
 Medieval gate, Khan al-Khalili |
 Shopping therapy, Khan al-Khalili |
 Egyptian silver, Khan al-Khalili |
 Medieval gate, Khan al-Khalili |
 Medieval passage, Khan al-Khalili |
 Khan al-Khalili |
 Another cat, Khan al-Khalili |
 Much needed tea break in an alley of Khan al-Khalili |
 Egyptian jewellry, Khan al-Khalili |
 Upper level brass and metalwork shop, Khan al-Khalili |
 Handmade plates, Khan al-Khalili |
 Detail of a plate, Khan al-Khalili |
 Handmade plates, Khan al-Khalili |
 The boy from the following photo 7 years later in 2006 |
 Boy helping in a metalworking shop at the Khan al-Khalili during our 1999 visit |
 Kitchenwares, Khan al-Khalili |
 Tourist stuff, Khan al-Khalili |
 Shopping for papyrus, Khan al-Khalili |
 Al-Muski, Khan al-Khalili |
 Spices market, Al-Muski, Khan al-Khalili |
 Perfume market, Al-Muski, Khan al-Khalili |
 Mosaic, Al-Muski, Khan al-Khalili |
 Al-Muski, Khan al-Khalili |
 Egyptian pancakes, Khan al-Khalili |
 Midan Talaat Harb |
 Al-Sharq Insurnace, Midan Talaat Harb |
 Felfela, my touristy Egyptian restaurant of choice in Cairo |
 Roy and Debbie at Felfela at the end of a full day |
 A chef at Felfela, Cairo |
 Debbie at Felfela, Cairo |
 During the search for an Internet Cafe I found they haven't removed TWA from the list of offices |
 National Bank of Egypt |
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